Fire Stick Keeps Restarting & Won't Update - FIX 

Great Advice! I updated to a 2amp external plug and it cured my ills!!! I was using an otg cable with an external drive. The current draw was even too much for the stock amazon adapter here in the USA. I also switched back and forth between 2.4ghz and 5ghz sometimes. Wireless Interference can also mess up downloads! Thanks Again! Great to see you back!

Thanks for sharing this information, and very glad to see you back again. Hoping everything is going well for you and your family.👍🏼 Take care and be safe✌🏿

Been a while Mate always great to hear or see you again 👍

Since i stopped putting my Fire Stick Remote to sleep, i have had no more problems that you mentioned. When finished watching some thing, i just switch The Fire Stick off at the Mains Plug. I never put the Remote to sleep any more. Thanks for all your great info.

Good to see you back buddy 👍 Use the hdmi extender to keep it away from the TV

It worked. I took off the adapter that goes to a phone and put the fire stick adapter back in and plugged it in wall. After it finished optimizing it worked. Thank you

Very informative as always. Thank you. Useful to me.

Yes!! I haven’t use it since! Thanks for your help!!

So good to see you back again. Excellent advice as usual, thanks for that mate.

Great video mate very informative 👍

Thanks for sharing ....tried and my firestick updated...now I can watch....thanks alot

THANK YOU FOR TECH SUPPORT INFO ALWAYS APPRECIATED ✌️

Great information because mine started today! I'm trying the wall plug and hardwire! Cremation appointment 😰😱🤪🏃🏽🤣🤣🤣🤣Thank you!💞

Thank you for your help. My USB cable was connected to the port in the back of my modem. I didn't provide enough power to properly update. I lost my amazon plug but fortunately I had another usb plug from an old Motorola phone. Now the the fire stick has updated properly. A month of trouble has finally ended.

Good to see you back Free Tech and thanks for the good info.🍻

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Thanks for this Adam 👍

Nice to see you I got a Chromecast to hear I did lady so I'll send it back and have a look with fire stick lite are they any good

Thanks Adam, useful information

Thanks great work mate 👍

Didn’t know that about the 1 amp plug. Anyone recommend a replacement? I’m using a fire cube and it doesn’t have the usb power cable.

Hello, I had that problem with one I had. I changed the cable and the problem is over and what you said about the Power supply. It should also work better. Regards

I tried everything you said in order and the last thing WORKED the factory setting did the job Thanks

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I have two Firesticks on two TVs that will not update? I have moved and they are now hooked to a different Internet source. Could this be the problem? If so, how do I get my Firesticks to accept my new Internet connection to update. Otherwise the Firesticks are performing fine. They just will not update. Is there a setting on the F/S I may have turned off for updating? I am using an otg cable with an external drive for each F/S. Thx for any help you can provide.

Since the recent updates my fire stick remote no longer works properly the Home and voice buttons no longer work. I've tried to up date but when you go to update and press select it also doesn't let you do that, I've seen some other people are also having the same problem but amazon are not being very helpful, can you help ?

Argh! Does this mean I am to expect an upgrade/firmware update soon?

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FireTV 2nd Generation (square metal box). It's not the power supply. I have 3 of these FireTV 2nd Generation and swapped out the power supplies. Even used my bench supply which has plenty of current but no luck. I tried adding a keyboard to the USB port and a keyboard with a few stokes on power up to force a Recovery but no luck. The reset using the remote did not work. Any other tips would be helpful. I have let it sit for days with Optimization screen and no luck.

Issue is the firestick just keeps saying updating then message comes on it fails then right back to updating. It doesn't connect to allow factory reset

I did try all you have mentioned by myself and then repeated some of them with Amazon tech support. My unit was bricked and I was lucky that had some time left to claim the warranty, so they sent me what they claim it was a new stick (no remote or accesories), to me it is a refurbished unit for the way it was packaged up. Bottom line I had to send the faulty unit back and install all the apps again in the new one... I lost a couple of sideloaded apps than I can not find the apk any more 😫

Awesome video brother. Thanks for sharing. Keep the content coming. Hope you have an incredible day. Much love and RESPECT

Is it worth me changing mi s box for amazon cube?

Stuck on software update fail, say normal function will be available in a few minutes but just Loops back to try update, done the usual change usb cable, changed hdmi port, tried factory reset buttons on remote still nothing, is it time for new fire stick?

Hey can you help me out I cannot find debugging on my fire TV how to find it if it doesn’t show up there anymore

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Hi Adam, I've never updated mine. Runs like a dream and got alsorts on mine. Very fast

I did have that problem and also had an otg cable with extra memory attached, I switched from the tv power to the original power supply and problem solved. It is funny that it worked for quite awhile connected to the tv and then started rebooting until the switch.

Helpful thanks. I had to put my Firestick in the cold air from a fan to stop it overheating, and that was before the hot weather! however, my stick has packed up and just displays a screen of coloured pixels. Have done the usual, unplug and reboot etc and it makes no difference, so I am now trying to find out if I can get into the guts of the thing via my computer and the usb port, any ideas anyone. Thanks in advance Jim

Thank you for your informed advice which I follow and appreciate your knowledge

Thank you

From my very first 2nd gen I've used a more powerful phone charger after it had heat issues which made it shut down constantly. Still using that same charger with my 4k with no issues since

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Question: I did the factory Reset, choose the language and after that the Fire tV is stuck on looking for Networks; how can I fixed this, thanks!

I never understood why it optimizes applications and storage after a factory reset only it makes no sense seeing as there's not much on it after a factory reset anyway if there was a button combination to do this when the process is actually needed the devices would probably run more snappy and run faster

Hey guys, I'm totally lost, every other time we use our go to streaming app it shows no links on anything be it movie and or TV. This happened last night again but nothing would work, I even uninstalled and reinstalled the application.

Hi I'm having trouble getting my amazon appstore to work did everything restarting de register firestick no apps on home page it updated no it's saying can't link to Amazon account don't really want to factory reset

I found power is an issue with firesticks most TV usb ports provide an inadequate charge it needs a minimum 5v 1amp charge from a mains power supply

I tried all of those things and nothing worked so I had to do the factory reset unfortunately. I tried to avoid it because I have apps that are still working on there that you can’t get any more like Cinema. I know they were supposed to be shut down but mine still works. I also had the old Codi Xanax which still worked for me as well. I lost both of them. I think what my issue was is that I had the ad blocking apps as well as the app that turns off updates so that Amazon wouldn’t load it back up with adware. The Prime Video app stopped working and told me I needed to update in order to Have it work again. I should’ve just went in and let some of the updates take place but I never got around to it. I think what happened was the version from my fire stick was so old that it finally wouldn’t allow it to work anymore and it just kept going in the restarting loop. In the end at least the factory reset worked and then I had to go through about six updates to get it working again.

Shuts off by itself and i have to restart by unplugging from outlet to restart it. It keeps doing it over and over 4K firestick TV connected with wire, not WiFi

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When I'm searching for a movie on cinema or bee tv etc the streams are usually for a different movie completely. How can I change this

Ok so master of the fire stick how do I record from a 3rd party app any thoughts please

I'm going to Australia will my firestick work there?

Any idea how to fix the firestick its no longer zinced to a wifi? My fire tv app wont connect to the stick because no wifi & no controllers will link to it either

I recently bought a new remote and it’s says it needs and update but when I go to update it it says it fails to update. How do I fix this issue?

Hi Adam Yes i had the same problem with my firestick i had the usb pluged in to the tv and noticed at times it would stop therefore i then connected the usb to the mains of the wall and since then has work perfectly Yes the usb to the tv doesn't receive another power Voltage therefore it causes the firestick to stall I allready knew this problem and this was allready explained by TANYA who is a great teacher like you thanks for the information and carry on with whose shity jokes!!😁🙋‍♂️

I'm watch something on my fire stick and it goes of back to the home screen and I haven't pushed anything what can I do

Had the boot loop issue I unplugged it left it over night worked sound after that!

That didn’t work. Still just re booting over and over. Any suggestions. I can’t get to setting screen

Been having an issue of some BBC news app thing popping up every time I press pause in other apps. Well annoying! Googled it and can't find anything about it. Any ideas??

I've tried a 2amp cell phone cable, tried putting USB charging end into my tv , tried different adapter plugs into PowerBar. Still getting the partial updating and it stops. Gonna try direct plug in to the wall socket , and if that doesn't help , try unplugging the stick for a bit then try that

I did factory reset now it just says can't load updates unplug forestick.wait 10 seconds and plug in .did it dozens of times no results it still stuck

We had a power outage. Now firestick looks to be stuck in some type of boot mode. Screen shows "firetv" with like an orange or red glow that keeps passing by. I've replace power source, cable, stick is plugged directly into the TV. Same results. Also it will not reboot using the remote. Is it time to replace it?

Yes the Ethernet option was the one for me tried all the other ones. This particular firestick did this to me last year It's a lemon that I brought

To fix this issue, I had to removed my external memory and OTG cable I was using... but it stopped the boot looping

My first stick is stuck on software update and I can't get it to work can you help me...

Got onto Amazon about this and they are going to send me a replacement fire stick.

Hello sir, the software of my fire tv stick has gone away, so how to install the software?

Mine has this problem uninstalling unused apps wasnt enough free space it seems

Hi free tech I don't have any problems with my fire sticks what I do is when av finish watching whatever av watched and am not going to use it anymore I turn it off at the wall I don't leave it running when I am not using it . So it can't over heat .😁

Amazon asked me to try rebooting on a different TV, and nearer the WiFi router. Turn off and on again, the usual stuff.

Hello , I did everything you said and went and buy a new fire stick and stay on update… 😢

Nothing is working. What else can I do if I cannot get this thing out of the loop

Im reaching out to you because you know alot about fire stick and i know some to i wish they could let us decorate our own screen like having our pictures on the home screen or wall paper like the fire tv

How to fix fire stick that's not loading just looping on start up I try plug me try high wifi speed nothing how to fix it please help

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Why is my firestiick doing a 3 second play back error any help be much appreciated

I had this problem with a fire cube. I unplugged the memory stick and it booted up.

Just turn it off and on again innit. Just turn the power off when all else fails. I have a similar problem where the the RU-vid app keeps stopping playback. Restarting the device always solves the issue even when clearing the app cache never works

So I'm traveling and update is messing me up. Can't log into internet as it keeps looping trying to update. Hoping if I buy a new stick it will already have the update. Ps..factory reset didn't work. Great video!

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I found it's best to unplug from the wall outlet you need to reset it anyway at least once a week

Need help fire stick stuck on updating

Firestick won't update sid factory reset and putting in WiFi pass .. anyone know what I can do ??

Mine wont even factory reset

I just unplugged it and it worked

None of those worked still loading remote will not power off or factory default

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my fire tv stick are not activate only error update your fire tv stick why???

My fire tv stick is stock on fire tv I did reboot it too many times nothing happened

My Insignia FireTV just shuts down and restarts while I am in the middle of watching something.

How to rewatch episodes on Teatv. Episodes always start end. Please help going crazy🤪🤪🙏😁

As an addition to my previous comment there is NO difference in the power requirements of the different Firestick models.

I had to get a new one from Amazon. Every trick I tried didn't work.

Mine started not recognizing the remote so I downloaded a app for the remote and it started this